Posts by David Franco
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Just sharing a photo with wonderful Aron Hasson and his wife. Was nice to meet both of them in Israel last week.
Purchased this medal today.[Leon Yehuda Recanati](https://www.google.com/search?q=Leon+Yehuda+Recanati&sca_esv=9015ac2879de739b&as_qdr=all&sxsrf=AE3TifP0slkLWPDxevFGekZQyxqY9UsyWQ%3A1766086907202&source=hp&ei=-1hEadvSCd-T9u8Pg5zjkQk&iflsig=AOw8s4IAAAAAaURnCwOxCjM1PK4TIYz0rfTwQpedBGe4&ved=2ahUKEwiqqPS48seRAxWv8LsIHWb8Cf0QgK4QegQIARAC&uact=5&oq=Leon+Recanati.+President+of+the+Jewish+community+in+Sal...
The Heart Of La Juderia, Rhodes, October 2025Photographer: David Franco
# At Haidari city hall with Sabine Weiss,# March 2025.
Gestapo Interrogation MemorialThe site where hundreds of Greeks were tortured by the Nazi secret police is now a cosmetics store.Hundreds of individuals who passed through the doors of the building were either tortured to death or sent to the nearby concentration camp of Haidari. The Nazis left many of the bodies hanging from trees for days, guarded by local collaborators, to send the message that...
David Benvenisti Found this book today among my late fathers collection of books.
Capelouto and Tarica store in the Congo.Can anyone name the others in the photo?
Hopefully we can complete the names on this photo taken in Rhodes about 1930’s5. Aaron Franco son of Jacob Franco and Mazaltov Alhadeff4. Aaron Franco son of Rabeno Franco and Mathilde Galanti6. Elie Fererra
Hello everyone. Is there anyone here related to this Jacob Franco (son of Mercada) buried in Los Angeles?
Hi all. Anyone here related to Aaron Franco who was married to Henriette Catherine Franco (born Galante)? Aaron died 1989 in Brussels.
La Juderia, Rhodes. Once home of our ancestors.
During the times of La Juderia, Money changer, the business of Yosef “Hai” Franco. Today its a jewelry shop, 2025
This is the hand towel in the B&B I am staying in Athens.
Rhodesia 1952. Amato and son's.
Visiting Alhadeff Park the other day.
Saw this today accidentally. Anyone knows the history of this? There is a young man who has a shop on ground floor. I had a chat with him and he told me that he lived near the Kahal Shalom Synagogue. His grandparents escaped to Palestine as refugees when the Germans came to Rhodes. His grandparents returned to Rhodes after the war. The young man told me that he remembers Lucia (survivor) very well...
Today is the 80th anniversary of the liberation of the Nazi deathcamp, Auschwitz Birkenau.
Sharing some AGFACHROME Slides that I found on eBay a few days ago. The slides where taken in AUG 1978 Synagogue Rhodes Greece. Translation under the star is: To the synagogue in Rhodes A gift from Mr. Avraham Marcel Israel in Burundi. Would be nice to know if anyone here could be related to the lady standing next to the Cannonballs?
During my visit in Rhodes I explored the old town and interviewed some locals (shop owners). In this photo a shop owner told me that the building on the right belonged to the Alhadeffs and it was a huge shop selling fabrics. The building on the left was a pub where the Jewish youngsters used to go for a drink. Is there anyone here that can confirm this? Which Alhadeff family owned the shop?In the ...
Sharing some of the photos that I have taken during my first visit to Rhodes.I have not named the photos yet but I am working on it.
At my 2nd great grandfathers tombstone (Moshe Franco 1903) in Rhodes. His wife Rizula Alhadeff came to die either in Hebron or Jerusalem in 1908. Unfortunately I could not find her stone.
Dear friends. I would like to take this moment and thank Aron Hasson, Carmen Cohen and all the rest for keeping the memories of our families alive. Special thanks to Sammy Modiano for joining this special event once again although his old age. Sammy Modiano’s grandfather Yaacov Franco and my great grandfather Perahia Franco were brothers.This was my first time in Rodos joining the 80 years of depo...